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| drizzt81 |
I am sure that I will get flamed for this, but I really want to know:
Why would people vote for Bush? I am sure that a couple of you fellas here have and I would like to know why. Please help me understand. |
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| Mike_B |
| Lack of education??? |
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| imokruok |
Man, this must really suck for you guys.
Not only did we re-elect Bush, but he got the largest popular vote total in history. |
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| jdat |
most common excuse I've heard is security ...
wtf security?
He cut funding for firemen police in the country; voted for pay cuts for the military etc etc
We are not safe
What an ignorant land we live in.
Loss of jobs, costs of living going up, education of children seriously in doubt with school closings etc
At an all time crisis but thank God we're "safe" :rolleyes:
I honestly feel like moving back in with the parents in France :( |
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| Renegade |
| quote: | Originally posted by imokruok
Man, this must really suck for you guys.
Not only did we re-elect Bush, but he got the largest popular vote total in history. |
Bush was only elected because - yet again - he managed to win by a miniscule margin in a single swing state. Victory on the back of what constitutes 0.1% of the total vote hardly demonstrates a ringing endorsement for the mantra of fear and ignorance your candidate ran on. |
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| tribu |
Both major candidates were a joke.
People voted for Bush because of the same reasons they voted for Kerry (with the proper changes.):
-They are Republican and vote a straight ticket
-Their spouse/child/friend told them to vote for Bush
-They liked Bush's political ads the most
-They were swayed by any one of the biased news outlets of America (There is NO unbiased political news in our country).
-They researched the issues and found themselves more in agreement with Bush than any other candidate |
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| Mike_B |
| quote: | Originally posted by Renegade
Bush was only elected because - yet again - he managed to win by a miniscule margin in a single swing state. Victory on the back of what constitutes 0.1% of the total vote hardly demonstrates a ringing endorsement for the mantra of fear and ignorance your candidate ran on. |
I understand what your saying, put in Order for him to win y a small portion he still had to get those initial 252 seat. that means alot of states. I don't understand why any state other the texas, missouri, alabama and a few other hick state that have no democratic hope in hell would vote for him. I mean common. What is wrong with ppl |
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| Yoepus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Renegade
Bush was only elected because - yet again - he managed to win by a miniscule margin in a single swing state. Victory on the back of what constitutes 0.1% of the total vote hardly demonstrates a ringing endorsement for the mantra of fear and ignorance your candidate ran on. |
What are you talking about???
Bush won Ohio by nearly 2%:
OH - President
100% Precincts Reporting
George W. Bush (i) Republican 2,794,346 (51%) 20
John F. Kerry Democrat 2,658,125 (49%) 0
Michael Badnarik Independent 14,125 (0%) 0
Michael Peroutka Independent 11,606 (0%) 0
source: http://www.foxnews.com/youdecide2004/races.html?OH |
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| Renegade |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
most common excuse I've heard is security ...
wtf security? |
The irony is that those most in danger of being attacked by terrorists (i.e. in the major cities like New York, Chicago, LA etc.) voted overwhelmingly for Kerry. I mean, how the can people living in rural, GOP-voting Wyoming consider the threat of terrorism to be an issue in their voting decision at all? I mean, what do they actually have over that way that al Qaeda are going to put any effort into blowing up? |
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| Renegade |
| quote: | Originally posted by Yoepus
What are you talking about???
Bush won Ohio by nearly 2% |
There were 115 million votes cast. Bush is currently winning Ohio by 130,000 votes. Therefore, he has won the election:
| quote: | Originally posted by Renegade
on the back of what constitutes 0.1% of the total vote |
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| Shakka |
| quote: | Originally posted by Renegade
There were 115 million votes cast. Bush is currently winning Ohio by 130,000 votes. Therefore, he has won the election: |
That's kind of an apples to oranges comparison. If you're talking about total votes cast, Bush won by some 4 million popular votes--and he won the majority of the popular vote--something that even Bill Clinton could never do. |
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| Yoepus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Shakka
That's kind of an apples to oranges comparison. If you're talking about total votes cast, Bush won by some 4 million popular votes--and he won the majority of the popular vote--something that even Bill Clinton could never do. |
Yea I'm glad he did.
If anything this will stop those radicals who want to change the voting system to a popular system just so foreigners and idiots can follow because it will be "simple".
The electorial system in America is genius, it produces almost always good results. Keep it that way. |
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